Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827

Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827
Author: Roger Hahn
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780674018921

Often called the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In this compact biography, Hahn illuminates the man in his historical setting. This book reflects a lifetime of thinking and research on a singularly important figure in the annals of Enlightenment science.

Bulletin ...

Bulletin ...
Author: University of St. Andrews. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 650
Release: 1918
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The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Atlantic Slave Trade
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2017-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351147668

Covering the Atlantic slave trade from its origins to 1600, the essays in this collection look at the reasons for the causes of slavery and serfdom, slavery in Africa, the development of the slave trade, the demographic situation in Latin America and European attitudes to slavery as an institution.